Tire-support.



A. 0. HAYDEN.

TIRE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15; 1909.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

(inventor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ARTHUR o. HAYDEN, or imoc rron,MAssAcHUsE'rrs.

TIRE-SUPPORT.

To all whom; it may concern:

" Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brockton, in the count of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, ave invented a new upon the wheels of which the tire isto be used.

More specifically speaking, the invention relates to a tire supportingdevice such as .is mounted upon the running board of an automobile forthe purpose of supporting an extra automobile tire which is to be placedupon Once)? the wheels in event of damage to one of the tires already inplace.

The invention aims primarily to provide a device of this class soconstructedas to permit of a tire being readily and quickly placedthereon in position to be supported thereby and as readily removable.-It is customary, ordinarily, to secure the tires in place by means of;straps and buckles but such means presents, first, the disadvantage ofbeing insecure and liable to soon be-- come so worn as to be unfit foruse and further to require considerable time for theremoval of the tire.The inventiontherefore aims to provide a device of this class soconstructed as to permit of practically in-' stantaneous removal of thetire or its disposal upon the device and also to firmly hold the tirewhen disposed thereon. I

It is a further aim of the invention to provide such a device soconstructed as to adapt it for use in supporting tires of variousdiameters whereby the same devicemay ,be employed in supporting tiresfor the front or the rear wheels of the automobile and in thisconnection it is contemplated that this adaptation of the device totires of various diameters be had without theemployment of adjustingdevices.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 i is a perspective view of thetire supporting device embod ing the present invention, the same being 3own in'place upon the running board of an automobile. Fig. 2 is a viewpartly in elevation and partly in sec tion of the; intermediate one ofthe tire clampingmembers otthe device, and Fig. 3

is a view similar to Specification of Letters iatent. Patented Nov, 22,1910'. -Application filed May 15, 1909. Serial No. 496,116.

Fig. 2 but showing a slight modification clamping members of the of theinvention, this modification being embodied'in one of the ning board.Itwill be understood however that should it be found of the vehicle,this may be done without maexpedient tosupport the device upon any otherportion terially alterin the device and without 'ole v parting from t espirit of the invention.

The device includes a base or attaching plate which is indicated by thenumeral 5, and integral withwhich is one section ofone of the tireclamping members, this being the intermediate oneof the several members.This section ofthe intermediate tire clamping member is indicated by thenumeral 6 and is' substantially semi-annular, it being so relativelypositioned with respect-to the base plate 5 as to have one end locatedin a plane above the other, the entire section be ing 'positioned'in avertical plane andthe lower end of the section is connected with thebase plate 5 by a shank portion 7 The other section of the tire clampingmember now being described is indicated by the nu meral8-and is alsosubstantially semi-annular, it-being arranged, as will, be, presentlyexplained, to have its upper end cooperate with the upper end of thesection (land is provided at its lower end with a'downwardly directedportion 9 with or upon which is formed or provided a handle 10.

wardly from the downwardly irected portion 9 of the section 8 from. oneside thereof and projecting inwardly from the said section; and throughan opening 11 formed through the shank portion 7 of the section Thishandle 10just mentioned ro'ects out -6 is a stem 12'havingv at its end ahead'18 I against which bears one end of a spring 14 w ich is disposedupon the stem, the other end of this sprin seating against the saidshank portion 7 o the section 6.

' From the foregoing it Wlll be readily understood that the spring 14normally holds the downwardly directed portion 9 ,of the section 8against-the shank portion 7, of the section 6 in the-relation shown inFigs. 1

and 2 of the drawings and that-when'tbe seetion 8 is in the samevertical plane with the to normal position.

mg the handle 10,-pulhng outwardly upon section 6, its upper end willcooperate with the upper end of the said section as before mentioned.Furthermore, as will be readily understood, the section 8 of the tireclamp- ,ing member may be turned to one side or the other upon the stem1:2 a, pivot so that its upper end may be moved out of position forcoiiperation with the upper end of the section 6 whereby to permit ofthe introduc tion of a tire into the concavity of the section 6 inposition to be clamped between the two sections when the section 8 isreturned This return of the section 8 to normal position is had bygraspthe said handle whereby to compress the spring 14 and move thesection 8 away from the section 6, and then swinging the section 8, bymeans of the handle 10, until its upper end comes opposite the upper endof the section 6 whereupon the handle is released and the spring 14quickly moves the section '8 into clamping engagement with the tire andwith its-upper end in cooperative engagement with the upper end of thesection 6., In order to prevent accidental angular displacement of thesection 8 with respect to the section 6 so that the-coiiperating upperends of the sections would be out of engagement, the upper end ofthesection 6, or it may be the upper end of the section 8, is formed with anotch 15 in which seats a lug 16 formed at the upper end of the othersection of the tire clamping member.

The section 6 of the intermediate tire clamping member just described isformed adjacent'its other end with upstanding ear 17 to which arepivoted the lower ends of arms 18. The arms 18 are preferably of rightline extent and at their upper ends are provided with angularly disposedtire clamping members which are similar to the'mem bersa'bove described.As in the case of the first described tire clamping member, these lastmentioned members are comprised each ofa fixed and a movable section andof these sections the fixed section is indicated by the numeral 19 itbeing preferably integral with one of-the arms '18 and-disposedangular-1y with respect-to the said arms. The movable section isindicated by the numeral 20 and is provided at its inner end with ahandle 21 similar to the handle 10 and with stem 22 which projectsthrough an opening formed in the shank portion of the section 19, therebeing a spring 23 disposed upon this stem and bearing against a head 24;at the end thereof and also 'againstthe said shank por tionot'i'thesection 19-, whereby the section 20 will be held .withdts outerend in cooperative engagement. with theouter end ofthe section 19, thesaid end of the section 19 being formed with a notch25 andthecofiperating end of the section 20 with a lug 26 which iil of all of thetire clamping members are rotated to angularly displace the movablesections of the tire clamping members with respect to the fixcdsectionsthcrcoi After the tire has been properly disposed in the concav'itics ofthe fixed sections of all of the clamping members, a pull is exertedupon each. of the handles Qland the movable clamping sections are swungto position to bring their outer ends into coijpcrai'zive engagementwith the corresponding ends of the related fixed sections whereupon thesections will encircle the tire and firmly hold the same againstdisplacement or removal.

In the form of the invention shown in 1 Fig. 3 of the drawings, theouter or cooperating ends of the two sections of the tire.

clamping member, instead of being formed with the notch and the otherwith the lug as above described, are bent to extend radially asindicated by thenumeral 27, the radially bent portion of one sectionbeing formed with an opening 28 and the said portion of the othersectionwith a stud 29 which engages through this. opening 28 when thesections are in position to have their ends cooperate. opening 30 at itsouter end for the passage of the bail 31 of a lock 82 employed for thepurpose of locking the sections against being moved to position torelease the tire by unauthorized parties.

It will further be observed from an inspectionof the drawings thatinasmuch as the arms 18 are pivotally mounted and may assume variousangular positions with respect to the clamping member 6, and the clamping members upon the arms are angularly disposed with respect to thearms, the'dcvice is adapted, for use in supporting tires of variousdiameters, the angular relation of the terminal tire clamping memberswith respect to the intermediate tire clamping The stud 29 is formedwith an member varying upon swinging of the arms 18 upon their pivots.

What is claimed is 1- 1. In a device of the class described, asupporting arm, and tire clamping means at the end of the arm, saidmeans comprislie at an angle to such plane.

movable member being movable away from the fixed member in the planethereof and being movable upon the stem as a pivot to 2. In a device ofthe class described, a supporting arm, and tire clamping means atthe endof the arm, said means comprising a fixed tire clamping member and' amovable tire clamping member, said movable member having a stemprojecting through a portion ofthe fixed member, a spring upon the stemtending normally to hold the movable mem-' her in cooperative relationwith respect to the fixed member, and a handle projecting from themovable member in alinement with the stem, said'movable member beingmovable away from the fixed member in the plane thereof and beingmovableupon the stem as a pivot to lie at an angle to such plane.

3. In a device of tlJ class described, a

' supporting arm, a tire clamping means at the end of the arm, saidmeans comprising a fixed tire clamping member and a movable tireclamping member, each of said members being substantially semi-annular,said movable membei raving a stem projecting through a portion of thefixed. member, and a spring tending normally to hold the movable memberin cooperative relation with respect to the fixed member, said movablemember being movable away from the fixed member in the plane thereof,and being movable upon the stem as a pivot to lie at ing'movable uponthe stem as a an angle to such plane, the saidmembers be ing arrangedfor mutual engagement at their cooperating ends in such manner as tonormally prevent movement of the movable member upon the stem as apivot.

4. In a device of the class described, a supporting'arm, a tire clampingmeans at the end of the arm, said means comprising a fixed tire clampingmember and a movable tire clamping member, said movable member having astem projecting through a portionof the fixed member, and a spring uponthe stem tending normally to hold the movable member in cooperativerelation With respect to the fixed member, said movable member beingmovable away from the fixed member in the plane thereof, and bepivot tolie at an angle to such plane, one or the mem bers being formed at oneend with a notch and the other member beingformed with a lug seating inthe notch when the ends of "the two members are in cooperative engage'ment, the engagement of the lug in the notch I serving to preventmovement of the movable member upon the stem as a pivot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixedmy s gnature in. the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR 0. Harper, Witnesses: a

E. HUME TALBERT, F. T. CHAPMAN.

